“寄生农场”--城市居民也可以享受种菜的乐趣

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来源Indoor Garden and Compost by Ferber and Dieckmann
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Designers Charlotte Dieckmann and Nils Ferber have tackled a topic dear to our hearts– the problem of providing healthy food to an increasingly urbanized society.  Their contribution to the trend of urban gardening is the “Parasite Farm”, a full-cycle indoor garden that raises vegetables and composts their waste into fresh soil.  This indoor garden and compost system is designed to fit into your existing furniture, with a series of grow beds with grow lights and a table-mounted compost bin.

设计师夏洛特·迪克曼（Charlotte Dieckmann）和尼尔斯·法伯（Nils Ferber）做出了一份贴心的设计，用以解决日益增长的社会城市化导致的健康食品供应问题。他们应对都市园艺发展的作品称为“寄生农场”，一整套用来种植蔬菜以及分解果蔬残渣成为土壤养料的室内花园。这套室内花园和分解系统根据你已有的家具进行设计，包括一系列的种植床以及与之相应的生长灯光和桌制堆肥箱。

To use the Parasite Farm, indoor gardeners can slide the grow beds into a shelf space, attach the grow light above it, lay down a bed of starter soil and sew their seeds of choice.  As the herbs and vegetables grow, produce can be removed and used, even sliced up on the attached cutting board that acts as a seal for the compost bin.  Waste drops into the compost where it is naturally processed into soil and liquid fertilizer over time.

当使用“寄生农场”时，整套室内花园能够滑动种植床至一个货架大小的空间处，在种植床上方连接生长灯光，床内放入初始土壤并种入你选择的种子。随着植物和蔬菜生长，其收获物可以采摘或利用，甚至可以在连接的切菜板上将之切碎。切菜板同时作为堆肥箱的盖子，形成了密封的堆肥箱。废弃物可以丢入堆肥箱进行自然分解逐渐形成土壤和液体肥料。

Indoor composting can be a bit tricky, as the odors associated with the process can, well, soil the mood.  The compost bin appears to be well sealed, and the only odors involved are likely to arise when feeding the plants.  This system looks excellent for growing herbs and small produce– like peppers, beans and lettuces.  Larger produce like tomatoes and cucumbers are likely to require too much soil and space to flourish, so they may not be a good fit for the Parasite Farm.  If you bear that in mind, you can still grow a wide range of fresh ingredients to harvest and cook with immediately, a luxury that most urban dwellers don’t get to enjoy… 

室内分解（废弃物）会产生一个棘手的问题，臭气味会伴随着分解过程的进行而产生，这会破坏你的好心情。堆肥箱似乎密封的很好，只有当给植物添加肥料的时候臭味才会散发出来。这套室内花园用来种植草本植物和小型作物（如辣椒、豆类和莴苣）效果很好。但像番茄和黄瓜这类大型作物生长需要太多的土壤和空间，因此对于“寄生农场”来说不适宜种植。如果你将之铭刻在心的话，你可以种植许多作物，并且在收货后马上进行烹饪从而保证了食材的新鲜，这可是许多城市居民无法享受的乐趣...

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